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THE

Federal Railway Digest

A Cumulative Quarterly

Digesting All Decisions

Both State and Federal

Pertaining to the Civil and
Criminal Liability of

Interstate Carriers by Rail

Under All Acts of Congress

WILLIAM J. INGERSOLL, Editor

vof. 2

1917-18

PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY

THE FEDERAL LAW BOOK COMPAN.

180 N. DEARBORN STREET

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NOTICE

This Quarterly completes Volume II of The Federal Railway Digest. It supersedes Nos. 1, 2 and 3 thereof, which should be destroyed. All cases reported to March 1, 1918, are herein digested. This number should be used in connection with Volume I, which digests all earlier cases.

In this number we begin digesting cases relating to the operation by the Federal Government of the railway systems of the country. See the title "Government Operation of Railways." The full text of the Act of Congress of March 21, 1918, relating to Federal operation is given in the Appendix to this Quarterly.

We wish to call attention to the recent decisions pertaining to the Cummins Amendment which are digested in this issue on page 55.

Volume III of this publication will continue to digest all current cases pertaining to the civil and criminal liability of railway companies under all Acts of Congress.

THE FEDERAL

LAW BOOK CO.

A Cumulative Quarterly

Entered as second-class matter July 10, 1916, at the Postoffice at Chicago, Ill., under the act of March 3, 1879

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Effect of amendment of Boiler Inspection Act on state laws regulating headlights, see Carriers of Interstate Freight and Express, II, C. 2, (d).

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To Whom Issued.

1. In General.

(No new decisions.)

2. Caretakers of Live Stock. 3. Employees and Their Families.

(No new decisions.)

D. Limitation of Liability.
E. Improper Use of Passes.
(No new decisions.)

IV. OBTAINING TRANSPORTATION IN VIOLA-
TION OF LAW.

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I. IN GENERAL.

See generally same section Federal Ry. Digest, Vol. I, No. 3, pp. 7-11 and No. 4, pp. 4-5.

(No new decision.)

II. FARES AND TICKETS.

See also some section Federal Ry. Digest, Vol. 1, No. 3, p. 7.

Violating Hepburn Act by Wrongful Use of Return Portion of Ticket.

To permit a stranger who purchased the return portion of an interstate ticket for less than the regular rate, to use the same in violation of a stipulation that the ticket should be used only by the original purchaser, would, in violation of the Hepburn Act, give the former a preference by making him a lesser rate for the same class of ticket and the same service than the original purchasers of similar tickets

would obtain. Boston v. Southern Pacific

Co., - Ky., 194 S. W. 814.

Use by Wife of Husband's Mileage.

Where the owner of two mileage books in exchange for coupons therefrom, ob

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